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Globicephala Lesson, 1828

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Lesson, R. P. (1828). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mammifères et des oiseaux décoverts depuis 1788 jusqu'a nos jours. 442pp.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Delphinidae
genus
Globicephala

Name

Synonyms
Cetus Wagler, 1830
Globicephalus Lesson, 1828
Globicephalus chinensis Gray, 1866
Globicephalus van Beneden, 1880
Globiceps Beneden, 1868
Globiceps Flower, 1884
Globiocephala Gibson Hill, 1950
Globiocephalus Gray, 1846
Sphaerocephalus Gray, 1864
Homonyms
Globicephala Lesson, 1828
Common names
Ballenas piloto in Spanish
Globicefali in Italian
Globicéphales in French
Grindahvalur in Faroese
Grindehval in Danish
Grindhvaler in Norwegian Bokmål
Grindwal in Polish
Kara balina in Turkish
Loodswalvisse in Afrikaans
Pilot Whale in English
Pilot Whales in English
Pilot whale in language.
kulohlavec in Czech
pallopäävalaat in Finnish
pilot whale in English
pilot whales in English
pilot whales in English
pilot whales in English
pilot whales in English
Гринды in Russian
حوت طيار in Arabic
วาฬนำร่อง in Thai
ゴンドウクジラ属 in Japanese
領航鯨屬 in Chinese
pilot whales in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Aphia 2006
  2. Artdatabanken, SLU (2026) "Name originating in Dyntaxa "
  3. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  4. Bjärvall & Ullström (2005) Däggdjur. Alla europas arter i text och bild.
  5. Hist. Nat. Mamm. Ois. (Suite à Buffon), 1
  6. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  7. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  8. Lesson (1828) Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mammifères et des oiseaux décoverts depuis 1788 jusqu'a nos jours; Complément des œuvres de Buffon, tome I. Cétacés
  9. Lesson, R. P. (1828). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mammifères et des oiseaux décoverts depuis 1788 jusqu'a nos jours. 442pp.
  10. Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743.
  11. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  12. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  13. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  14. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  15. Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363: 1-560.
  16. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  17. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  18. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  19. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  20. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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